Nothing impure descends from heaven

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Nothing impure descends from heaven

Nothing impure descends from heaven

Figuratively: All the bad things in the world are the work of human hands.

("Is this thing impure or pure? They said to him: Nothing impure descends from heaven" – Sanhedrin 59b)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אֵין דָּבָר טָמֵא יוֹרֵד מִן הַשָּׁמַיִם

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: כָּל הַדְּבָרִים הָרָעִים בָּעוֹלָם הִנָּם מַעֲשֵׂה יְדֵי אָדָם.

("דָּבָר טָמֵא הוּא זֶה אוֹ דָּבָר טָהוֹר?- אָמְרוּ לֵהּ: אֵין דָּבָר טָמֵא יוֹרֵד מִן הַשָּׁמַיִם"- סַנְהֶדְרִין נט ע"ב)

Keyword

origin purity heaven human action evil

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